About this Event
Oren Levine grew up with a love of music, especially jazz, inherited from his father. He started piano lessons as an eight-year-old in Washington, DC, and continued to play while earning two engineering degrees and building a career as an engineer and technology manager. He wrote his first song at age 45 in a summer jazz workshop in Vermont and released his first album of original songs, “Making Up For Lost Time,” in 2018.
His song “Let’s Wander” from the album won him the 2023 ASCAP Foundation Alan and Marilyn Bergman Lyric Award. The title track won a Finalist award in the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.
Oren continues to write songs and play jazz on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands and other venues around the US. His performances deliver positive, relaxed, swinging music rooted in the jazz tradition. He is currently planning to record a new album of original songs for release in early 2027.
Oren’s songs have been performed and recorded by Aaron Myers, Carolyn Malachi, Lionel Lyles, Tony Gudell, Barbara Papendorp, Donna Singer, and the DC-based funk/hip-hop band The Lucky So & Sos.
Oren joined ASCAP in 2009 and was admitted as a voting member of the Recording Academy in 2023.
You can buy tickets for this private event!A part of the proceeds goes to a favorite charity!
INSIDE THE CLUB, Full AU LAC Menu is available, plus Mocktails.Where is parking located?Parking is located under the building, accessible from west of the building off of 1st St. between Bunker Hill Towers and the mini-shopping center AU LAC is in.Once you’ve turned into the large driveway, turn left into the garage “Guest Parking and Residence Parking of The Promendade”. $12 CASH ONLY.Additional parking is located directly across Hope St. at Disney Hall - 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. $10.There is limited street parking in front of Au Lac, Disney Hall and The Music Center.
www.birdsofafeatherjazzlounge.comBirds of a FeatherJazz Lounge is an intimate 40- seat 1920’s style performance space tucked away in Downtown Los Angeles. Known for its Private Events hosting a diverse lineup of top-tier live jazz.The club is nestled within the awarding-winning 5 star Vietnamese vegan restaurant AU LAC. The address is 710 W. 1st St., downtown near Disney Hall.Offering everything from straight-ahead and BeBop to Latin, experimental, R&B, electronic and global jazz, as well as spoken word, Birds of a Feather Jazz Lounge often mixes both old-school legends and the next generation of LA’s finest musicians. It’s a spot that aims to capture a classic, unique jazz lounge vibe.Performances at Birds of a Feather Jazz Lounge benefit selected charity and non-profit organizations.Tickets can be picked up in the jazz venue which is located inside the Vietnamese award-winning restaurant AU LAC. 710 W. 1st St, downtown L.A. 90012Au Lac’s full menu is available inside the club. There is no minimum, but we would appreciate your purchases!Au Lac is a non-alcoholic restaurant. We serve nice mock-tails in the venue. And the good news is that all ages can attend or perform there! For a pre- or post-event drink, head over to The Conrad—it's a lovely bar located just a block away, directly across from Disney Hall.
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Birds Of A Feather Jazz Lounge, 710 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, United States
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.